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EP 1 651 417 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 03.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/18 (21) Application number: 03818195.4 (22) Date of filing: 31.07.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B29C 45/06(1985.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/023904 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/016622 (24.02.2005 Gazette 2005/08)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR (71) Applicant: Van Dorn DEMAG Corporation Strongsville, OH 44149-3000 (US)	(72) Inventors: RALPH, Brian, J. Medina, OH 44256 (US) ZAKICH, Paul Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223 (US) (74) Representative: Wilhelm, Ludwig  Patentanwalt mannesmann plastics machinery GmbH Krauss-Maffei-Strasse 2 80997 München 80997 München (DE)